A microwave oven having a magnetron that generates microwaves, a magnetron driving circuit that supplies high voltage power to the magnetron and a machine room that accommodates the magnetron and the magnetron driving circuit. The microwave oven includes a single magnetron driving circuit board in which the magnetron and the electronic devices of the magnetron driving circuit are mounted thereon. The single magnetron driving circuit board is fixedly attached to the machine room by mounting members.
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21. A microwave oven including a machine room disposed therein and a magnetron to generate microwaves, comprising:
a driving circuit to provide power to the magnetron, the driving circuit comprising:
high voltage components; and
a single circuit board, the magnetron and the high voltage components being mounted on the single circuit board;
coupling members to couple the single circuit board to the machine room;
a cooking cavity to cook food disposed in the microwave oven; and
an air cover mounted on the single circuit board to supply air to the cooking cavity.
7. A magnetron driving circuit generating high voltage power used to drive a magnetron, comprising:
a single magnetron driving circuit board, the magnetron and electronic devices of the magnetron driving circuit mounted thereon,
wherein the electronic devices include a high voltage transformer, a high voltage diode and a high voltage condenser, and
wherein the high voltage condenser and the high voltage diode are mounted on a first surface of the single magnetron driving circuit board and said high voltage transformer is mounted on a second surface of the single magnetron driving circuit board.
13. A microwave oven including a machine room disposed therein and a magnetron to generate microwaves, comprising:
a driving circuit to provide power to the magnetron, the driving circuit comprising:
high voltage components; and
a single circuit board, the magnetron and the high voltage components being mounted on the single circuit board; and
coupling members to couple the single circuit board to the machine room,
wherein the high voltage components comprise a high voltage transformer, a high voltage diode, and a high voltage condenser, and
wherein the high voltage condenser and the high voltage diode are mounted on one surface of the single circuit board and the high voltage transformer is mounted on an opposite surface of the single circuit board.
1. A microwave oven having a magnetron that generates microwaves, a magnetron driving circuit that supplies high voltage power to the magnetron and a machine room that accommodates the magnetron and the magnetron driving circuit, comprising:
a single magnetron driving circuit board in which the magnetron and electronic devices of the magnetron driving circuit are mounted the thereon,
wherein the magnetron driving circuit board is fixedly attached to the machine room by mounting members,
wherein said electronic devices include a high voltage transformer, a high voltage diode and a high voltage condenser, and
wherein the high voltage condenser and the high voltage diode are mounted on a first surface of the single magnetron driving circuit board and the high voltage transformer is mounted on a second surface of the single magnetron driving circuit board.
25. A microwave oven having a magnetron that generates microwaves, a magnetron driving circuit to supplies power to the magnetron and a machine room to accommodate the magnetron and the magnetron driving circuit, comprising:
a constructional unit comprising:
electronic components of the magnetron driving circuit;
the magnetron; and
a magnetron driving circuit board, the magnetron, the electronic components of the magnetron driving circuit being mounted thereon; and
mounting members to couple the constructional unit to the machine rooms
wherein the high voltage components comprise a high voltage transformer, a high voltage diode, and a high voltage condenser, and
wherein the high voltage condenser and the high voltage diode are mounted on one surface of the single circuit board and the high voltage transformer is mounted on an opposite surface of the single circuit board.
2. The microwave oven as set forth in
3. The microwave oven as set forth in
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an air cover mounted on the single magnetron driving circuit board to supply air to a cooking cavity of the microwave oven.
5. The microwave oven as set forth in
a control unit;
a power cable used to receive power from an outside source to the single magnetron driving circuit; and
a control signal cable used to receive control signals from the control unit to the single magnetron driving circuit.
6. The microwave oven as set forth in
8. The magnetron driving circuit as set forth in
9. The magnetron driving circuit as set forth in
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11. The magnetron driving circuit as set forth in
a power cable used to receive power from an outside source; and
a control signal cable used to receive control signals from a control unit.
12. The magnetron driving circuit as set forth in
14. The microwave oven as set forth in
coated copper wires to electrically connect the high voltage components.
15. The microwave oven as set forth in
a printed circuit board pattem to electrically connect the high voltage components.
16. The microwave oven as set forth in
17. The microwave oven as set forth in
a control unit;
a power cable provided to receive power from an outside source; and
a control signal cable to control the driving circuit by control signals from the control unit.
18. The microwave oven as set forth in
19. The microwave oven as set forth in
coupling holes formed along an edge of the single circuit board; and
coupling units to be received in the coupling holes to couple the single circuit board to the machine room.
20. The microwave oven as set forth in
the magnetron is mounted on one side of the single circuit board and comprises:
an antenna to radiate the microwave generated by the magnetron; and the single circuit board comprises:
an antenna receiving hole in the single circuit board such that the antenna of the magnetron protrudes therethrough from an opposite side of single circuit board.
22. The microwave oven as set forth in
the magnetron is mounted on one side of the single circuit board and comprises:
an antenna to radiate the microwave generated by the magnetron; and the single circuit board comprises:
an antenna receiving hole in the single circuit board such that the antenna of the magnetron protrudes therethrough from an opposite side of single circuit board.
23. The microwave oven as set forth in
a waveguide formed between the machine room and the cooking cavity; and
an air inlet formed between the machine room and the cooking cavity wherein the single circuit board is positioned such that the antenna of the magnetron and the air cover of the single circuit board correspond to positions of the waveguide and the air inlet, respectively.
24. The microwave oven as set forth in
a waveguide formed between the machine room and the cooking cavity; and
an air inlet formed between the machine room and the cooking cavity wherein the single circuit board is positioned according to positions of the waveguide and the air inlet.
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This application claims the benefit of Korean Application No. 2002-55990, filed on Sep. 14, 2002, in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to microwave ovens, and more particularly, to a magnetron driving circuit board for a microwave oven, in which a magnetron and a magnetron driving circuit are mounted on a single board.
2. Description of the Related Art
In general, a circuit for driving a magnetron in a microwave oven comprises high voltage devices including a high voltage condenser, a high voltage diode, a high voltage transformer, etc. The magnetron driving circuit boosts a commercial alternating current AC voltage to a voltage of 2000 V using the high voltage transformer, boosts the voltage of 2000 V to a voltage of 4000 V required to drive the magnetron, and supplies the voltage of 4000 V to the magnetron.
High voltage devices including a magnetron 130, a high voltage transformer 131, a high voltage condenser 182, a high voltage diode 184, etc., are installed in the machine room 122. The magnetron 130 receives high voltage power from the high voltage devices 131, 182 and 184, and generates microwaves to irradiate the cooking cavity 121. As a result, food is cooked in the cooking cavity 121 by the microwaves irradiated by the magnetron 130.
Other electric and electronic devices except for the above-described electric and electronic devices, which are required to implement various operations of the microwave oven, are disposed in the machine room 122. A blowing fan 132 is mounted on a back of the machine room 122 to suck outside air and cool the magnetron 130 with the sucked outside air. A noise filter 133 is installed at a position above the blowing fan 132 to eliminate high voltage noise. A power cord 134 is connected to the noise filter 133 to receive power from an outside power source (not shown).
Power and control signals are supplied to the various electric and electronic devices positioned in the machine room 122 through two bundles of wires 140 and 150. The two bundles of wires 140 and 150 are a first bundle of wires 140 and a second bundle of wires 150 that supply the power and control signals to electric and electronic devices positioned on a rear and front portions of the machine room 122, respectively. The first and second bundles of wires 140 and 150 are electrically connected to each other through two terminals 142 and 152.
A construction of the machine room 122 of the conventional microwave oven is described below. The magnetron 130 and the high voltage devices 131, 182 and 184 are mounted on a wall and a bottom of the machine room 122, respectively. The first and second bundles of wires 140 and 150 are intertwined to connect the magnetron 130 and the high voltage devices 131, 182 and 184 to corresponding locations.
Due to a complicated configuration of the machine room of a conventional microwave oven, an assembly of the machine room requires excessive time in a process of manufacturing the conventional microwave oven. Further, the complicated configuration of the machine room causes utilization of the machine room to be deteriorated, which is a cause of increasing a size of an oven body.
Accordingly, an aspect of the present invention is to provide a microwave oven in which a magnetron and other high voltage devices are mounted on a single board to be packaged, so an assembly of a machine room is simplified, and utilization of the machine room is increased or a size of an oven body is reduced.
Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.
The foregoing and/or other aspects are achieved by providing a microwave oven having a magnetron that generates microwaves, a magnetron driving circuit that supplies high voltage power to the magnetron and a machine room that accommodates the magnetron and the magnetron driving circuit, which includes a magnetron driving circuit board in which the magnetron and the electronic devices of the magnetron driving circuit are mounted on a single board, wherein the magnetron driving circuit board is fixedly attached to the machine room by mounting units.
The above and other aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent and more appreciated from the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:
Reference will now be made in detail to the present preferred embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to the like elements throughout. The embodiments are described below in order to explain the present invention by referring to the figures.
A microwave oven in accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention is described with reference to
As depicted in
As is apparent from the above description, a microwave oven is provided in which a magnetron and other high voltage devices are mounted on a single circuit board to be packaged, so that an assembly of a machine room can be simplified, and utilization of the machine room can be increased or a size of an oven body can be reduced.
Although a few preferred embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it would be appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes may be made in these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined in the claims and their equivalents.
Han, Yong-Woon, Jang, Seong-Deog, Yeo, Joo-Yong, Han, Dae-Sung, Cho, Young-Won
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